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This site is for mothers of kids in the U.S. Navy and for Moms who have questions about Navy life for their kids.

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Choose your Username. For the privacy and safety of you and/or your sailor, NO LAST NAMES ARE ALLOWED, even if your last name differs from that of your sailor (please make sure your URL address does not include your last name either). Also, please do not include your email address in your user name. Go to "Settings" above to set your Username. While there, complete your Profile so you can post and share photos and videos of your Sailor and share stories with other moms!

Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!

Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.

Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak

All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.

Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC

...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.

OPSEC - Navy Operations Security

Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.

DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.

DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."

Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:

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RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.

Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.

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DEP-Leavin' for bootcamp in March

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This group is for N4M members that have a loved one leaving for bootcamp in March...I will leave the year open so that even future Deppers leaving in the month of March of any year can join...Lets share stories, information, concerns, and questions

Website: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/deppersinbutnotyet
Members: 575
Latest Activity: Jan 20

Hello everyone and welcome to the Navy!!! This Group was started for the loved one of DEPPERS leaving in the month of March (although everyone is welcome).......What year you say? Well ......any year!

If you have March ship out issues/questions etc., need specific information, (or have some to share) or just want to talk to someone that is where you are, with a Recruit leaving for and arriving in BC in March, ...then this is the place to be. :-)

Remember, don't "miss 'em while you're with them!" :) Make the most of every precious moment together before they leave. This will be a big transition for both of you! We'll be here for you every step of the way...
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Things to do in the last month before your future sailor leaves (Click on the link.)

Once your recruit has arrived at RTC, the next stop here is to join the group Boot Camp for Moms (and loved ones) Hangout and ask questions in this group until your form letter arrives.

***New news just out today (9/25/19) from the US Navy Recruit Training Command FaceBook page:

Attention families and friends of RTC: Previously, upon arrival to boot camp, recruits would box up their civilian belongings and ship it to their choice of destination. Our new procedure now has those boxes being stored locally and will be returned to the recruits the day before graduation. The new procedure went into effect this week beginning with Div. 409 in Training Group 52.

Approx two to three weeks after your recruit arrives you will receive the "Form Letter". The form letter will include their Ship# , DIV #, their mailing address, PIR date, and the Security Access Form. The Security Access form needs to be completed and sent back to your recruit ASAP. Keep this letter in a safe place, it has the information you will need.

The date that is on the form letter is the official date for your Recruit's Training Groups PIR (graduation), Things can always change for an individual Recruit (due to illness, injury, failure to pass a final test etc.)! So, we always recommend that you plan, if possible, to purchase Refundable or Exchangeable plane tickets.

After you have received the form letter, join the group for your recruits PIR. There you can ask questions about PIR, training, hotels etc.Those groups will be posted in the Boot Camp for Mom's group.

Thanks for joining us. We hope you will realize you are not alone, and will soon make new friends, plus feel supported and encouraged! :)

**It is very important that your future Sailor be physically fit prior to shipping to the RTC (these are new standards beginning 1/1/2018) and that he be able to pass an initial run test. See Navy Fitness Standards"The initial run standard is evaluated on the 1.5 mile run of the first Physical Fitness Assessment (PFA) at boot camp. The initial run standard for male recruits will be 16 minutes 10 seconds and 18 minutes 37 seconds for female recruits."

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Comment by DaniHMItalyMom on January 31, 2012 at 11:17pm: Hi RobsMom and Christinex013 -- Thanks for updating me on your loved ones departure. Hopefully, this site will help keep us in touch with each other. I think the more we know about their experience the easier it will be on us. I will be at graduation and hope to meet the two of you as well as the many others who will have recruits leaving around the same time.

Thanks again for sharing your leave date with me. -- Dani

Comment by christinex013 on January 30, 2012 at 1:27pm: dani...my husband leaves march 14th for bc...so he'll be there the same time as your son

Comment by Jaimers on January 25, 2012 at 11:33am: Wow 54 days till my son leaves and starts his exciting journey.... Time has gone by so quick from when he depped in. Now its going by quicker.....Ugh!!!

Needless to say I am so proud of him and all your kids as well!!

Comment by DaniHMItalyMom on January 24, 2012 at 8:36am: My son leaves on 3/12/12 and arrives at Great Lakes on 3/13/12 - Anyone else have a son or daughter leaving around the same time?

Comment by flgirltwo on January 23, 2012 at 4:50pm: I am so glad that there will be others that I can be in contact with! I know it will be a difficult time. I'm used to hugs and talking to my son everyday!

Comment by Jaimers on January 23, 2012 at 4:38pm: Hi flgirltwo .... My son leave on 3/19 ...glad you made it in here ... there are a few of us moms with sons/dau leaving about the same time

Comment by flgirltwo on January 23, 2012 at 12:01pm: My son is leaving for boot camp on March 21, 2012! Anyone else have a son shipping out then?

Comment by Jaimers on January 19, 2012 at 9:41am: oh just lovely ..so yup my son will stay in GL for pre/buds (SO rate) ...I remember it was so much confusion for the parents...between Sat depart and G/G lol ...O ya the RDC's woooo ... (O the stories..) HA HA HA

Comment by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on January 19, 2012 at 3:01am: Hey Jaimers...just so ya know...RTC has asked us not to use Grad n Go anymore...to much confusion. (But guess what...the RDC's still do! Old habits die hard and far be it from me to tell them not too! They can call it whatever they want too!) I am guessing by what you write that your son will have "A" school at Great Lakes? When your daughter went through those staying at GL were considered G & G? When my son went through in May those leaving the next day were considered G & G! CONFUSING!

So because of the confusion they have deemed it obsolete and now call them Friday and Saturday Departures. Friday moves over to Great Lakes the day of PIR and then has Cinderella Liberty;and Saturday are those leaving the next morning...at o' dark-thirty like you said (!) (or any other day due to flight availibility) to go to other schools.

The new Family Guide will have this and a post I do on the PIR groups explains it also. I also post the Family Guide link on the PIR groups...umm, I have a lot of Posts I do for the PIR groups, LOL!

Fun!

Comment by Jaimers on January 18, 2012 at 10:09pm: Thanks FTLW.... I cant wait to go to GL again...This time around it will be nice... my son will be a grad n go so we will be able to see him the entire weekend. last year my dau had to be a Ohare by 2am Sat..ugh!! but it was worth it.. !!